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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
Tribute to q Wife.

Robert ]. Burdette publishes in Lippin-
c0tt's paper of "reminiscences entitled !:
Confessions of Reformed Humorist, "
full of the gentle pathos which has always
tempered and purified his work, and
breathing the fondest love for his dead
wife, to whom he pays the following
tribute in closing:
''As close this paper miss the loving
collaboration that with so much grace
and delicacy would have better prepared
these pages for the reader The first
throb of literary ambition, my earliest and
later successes, so far as have been sue
cessful, whatever words of mine men may
be pleased to remember most pleasantly,
whatever of earnestness and high purpose
there is in my life, whatever Inspiration
ever had or have that enters into my
work and makes it more worthy of ac-
ceptance | owe to the greatest, best and
wisest Of critics and collaborators, a low
ing, devoted wife. And if ever I should
win one of the prizes which men some
times give to those who amuse them, the
wreath should not be placed on the jester
who laughs and sings but on the brow of
her who inspired the mirth and the
sOnOn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
The ArehbishOp's Neat RetOrt.

The story is told that Archbishop Ryan
and ex-Attorney General Wayne Mac
Veagh were present at a recent gathering,
which included a number of prominent
railroad officials. Mr.. MacVeagh brought
the railroad men and the Archbishop to-
gether, ard after the first salutations were
over Mr.. MacVeagh turned to Archbishop
Ryan and said: 'NOw, Archbishop,
these are gentlemen whose acquaintance
it would be well for you to cultivate. If
you once get on the right side of them
they will give you passes over all their
lines; :" and then the Attorney General
added: "Of course, they will expect in
return that you will give them all passes
to heaven The Archbishop's response
came quickly and quietly: MY dear
sir, " he said, Il should be only too happy
to give the gentlemen passes to heaven If
it lay within my power, but l should re-
gret to separate them from their coun-
sol -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
Odd Names for the Contribution Box.

We have all heard odd names given to
the contribution boxes which are passed
among the pews Of our churches with
such regularity on all devotional occa-
sions, especially to the long handled affairs
which have of late taken place of the
good old-fashioned orthodox platter.
These names have been generally strained
like wooden corn pepper" ''unde-
veloped toy wagon, ''merciles CLEANER
etc;" but l heard a truly witty designa-
tion given this useful piece of ecclesiastic
furniture by a clergyman, while attend
ing a union service recently. He first
said that the collection on that occasion
would be for the needy poor, asking for a
liberal allowance on that account, and
then added, drolly, as he held out a couple
of long handled concerns with oval
shaped bowls: The stewards will please
pass around the ladies' - Chicago Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
Bailding Up a Town.

Fostoria, Ohio, the home Of ex Govern
OF Foster, is a city Of about 8, 900, only
a short distance from Toledo, and twelve
miles from Tiffin, city of no. 600 Gov
ernor Fosters father started a general
store at the cross roads, and when his
son Charles became of age he had
studied the secret Of building up a town,
He bartered in everything. One day
druggist came along looking for a
place 10 locate, and Charley says:
''Here, take these compounds and go
across the street and start drug store,
and if you haven't the capital I'll help
you. - He turned over his stock of
nails and screws to another man and
started large hardware store, but he
didn't tell him TO spoil his trade by
handling lumber, lime and a dozen
other articles Those he reserved for
another new conner Groceries, cloth
ing, queensware, ETC., followed suit until
the town was made, and Mr. Foster by
the rise Of real estate, became million
aire. His secret was; Divide up and
keep q good stock encOurge emigration.
-I5led0 BLUE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The Prince of Wails-The tom cat.
An important question-Is her father
wealthy -Tid-Bits.
The crematory is the burn from which
no traveller returns. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The fishery question-Did you bring
the flask with you, Jack3-BostOn Cou-
rier.
How to keep the boys at home-induce
some of the neighbours girls to run in
often.
Beware of man of one book, espe-
cially if it is a subscription book.-Bost0n
Bulletin.
That this world is not balanced right
Is plainly to be seen,
When one man walks to make him fat,
And another to make him lean.
-DdnSrilLe Breeze
Johnny" said a mother to her son,
nine years old, ''go and wash your
face; l am ashamed of seeing you come
to dinner with such dirty mouth" II
did wash it, mamma" and feeling his
upper lip, said gravely: II think it must
be mustache coming.-Sytings.
That Cupid in blindness must follow his
works,
Is blessing, and not disaster,
Since 1t keeps the men from seeing the PIN
pie that turks
Meath the maiden's small patch Of court
plaster.
Merchant Traveller
''What mobile countenance Miss L.
has, said a gentleman to young lady at
a social gathering the other evening.
''Yes, " replied the young woman with an
! effort to smile for Miss L. was her hated
rival, ''she has very Mobile countenance
and New Orleans molasses colored hair. "
And she elevated her little pug nose as
high as she could, and found an attrac-
ton at the other side of the room.-EI-
| mira G1zette
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
HOME.

OH what is homel that sweet companionshiy
OF life the better part;
The happy smile Of welcome on the lip
Upspringing from the heart
It is the eager clasp Of kindly hands,
The long remembered tone,
The ready sympathy which understands
All feeling by its own.
The rosy cheek Of little children pressed
To ours in loving glee;
The presence Of our dearest and our best,
No matter where we be.
And, failing this, a prince may homeless live
Though palace walls are nigh;
And, having it, desert shore may give
The joy wealth cannot buy.
Far reaching as the earth's remotest span,
Widespread as ocean foam,
One thought Is sacred in the breast Of man
1t is the thought of home.
That little word his human fate shall bind
With destinies above,
For there the home of his immortal mind
Is in Gods wider love.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
sensation After AmputatiOn.

Another lrious case Of apparent sensa-
tiOn in a member Of the body after it had
been amputated comes from Florida.
George W. Clay's arm was amputated,
put in a box and buried, Soon afteTWard
he began TO complain that the fingers Of
the buried hand were cramped and that
there was sand between them. His
physician and his sister had the box dug
up and opened, and found the fingers
cramped and the sand between, Just as
George had said They arranged the
arm properly and reburied it. Clay said
that while they were gone he felt an awful
pain in the amputated arm, and then
came Il sensation of great relief, and there
was no longer the old eramped sensation
in the hand.-Detr0it Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
A Bird Kills Itself.

An incident occurred in Salem yester-
day which likely will not be repeated in
a half dozen centuries. An English spar
row was building a nest in the porch of
Mr.. f. A. Ebert's residence, and carried
a string to the nest, and had it partially
woven in, when it attempted to fly, and
by some means the other end of the string
became entangled around its head, and
held it fast tethered by the neck The
helpless little creature became frightened
and fiuttered and struggled in vain to
free itself. The miniature moose only
closed tighter about its throat till finally
it dropped dead-hung by the neck as
neatly as a human hand could have done
it, The incident, which probably has
not a duplicate in history, recalls one Of a
somewhat similar character with regard
to a horse. He was grazing, and had on
a halter with a short rein dangling from
his head The horses tail was short and
stubby, and in throwing his head around
to scare off 4 fly, the bride rein got
hitched over the tail. The horse finding
his head fastened, became excited, gave
sudden and violent jerk of his head,
which broke his neck and resulted in in
slant death - Winston ~. O. Sentinel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

Colonel w. L. Utley, who recently died
at Racine, Wisconsin, was 1.-THE owner Of
the last slave on American soil, " says a
correspondent of the Milwaukee Seutiael.
When he was in Tennessee with his regi-
ment, eolored boy escaped from his
master and sought refuge in the Coloners
tent. The owner came into camp the
next day and demanded the surrender of
his property, but Colonel Utley refused to
give up the boy. Several years afterward
the slave-owner brought suit in the United
States Court in the Milwaukee District
for damages, and secured a verdict Of
81 900, which Colonel Utley paid
This, says the correspondent, twas the
last judgment of the kind. Colonel
Utley applied to Congress for relief, and
more than ten years after the emancipa-
ton proclamation he was indemnifed by
the government for the money he gave
for the boys freedom
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
oLp-FAsH1oNEp ROSES.

They amt no style about 'em,
And they're sorter pale and faded;
Yit the doorway here without 'eru
Would be lonesomer, and shaded
With a good 'eal blacker shadder
Than the mornin' glories makes,
And the sunshine would look sadder,
For their good, old-fashioned sahss
like 'em cause they kind o
Sorter makes a feller like 'em;
And tell you when you find a
Bunch out whur the sun can strike 'em
1t allus sets me thinlin'
o. the ones at used to grow,
And peek in through the chinkin'
o. the cabin, don't you know.
And then think O. mother,
And how she used TO love 'em,
When they wuzn't any other,
Less they found 'em up above emf
And her eyes, afore she shut 'ern,
Whispered with a smile, and said,
We must pluck bunch and put EN-
In her hand when she wos dead.
But, as wuz a sayin',
They amt no style about 'em
Very gaudy or displayin',
But l wouldn't be without 'em,
Cause I'm happier in these poses
And the hollyhawks and sich
Than the hummin' bird at noses
In the roses Of the rich.
-Jdmes Whitcoulb Riley.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

There is a specimen in the United
States mint which illustrates how a coin
may become famous without the least
premonition. In 1s40 law passed Con-
gress ordering $50 gold pieces to be
struck. One piece was struck Some
thing happened that delayed the work,
and the year closed. Then, of course,
the dies had to be destroyed, as no more
of that date could be legally issued. 1t is
marked unique, was the only one struck
and hence is priceless
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

A Springfield Mass man has discov-
cred what has long been pretty well known
that the real mission of the mosquito Is
to purify. He had two hogsheads filed
with water, and into one he put lot Of
wrigglers or embryo mosquitoes. The
water free from the wrigglers soon be.
came foul, but that containing them re-
manned sweet. So he concludes that
mosquitoes keep our swamps from be-
coming foul and pestilent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

The plan Of throwing bridge over the
Straits of Messina, that separate Sicily
from Italy, will, when consummated be
one of the most striking feats of modern
engineering. The place selected is where
the channel is two and one-half miles
wide and three hundred and sixty-one
feet deep, and two piers will support a
viaduct of steel rails to a height of three
hundred and twenty-eight feet above the
water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

The electric well or pit in Taliaferro
County, Ga, still continues to cure severe
cases of chronic rheumatism. The well
is located on the side Of small noun
tain four miles from the Sharon station,
on the Georgia railroad. It was dug last
summer in a search for gold.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

There are local developments of coop
GRAFTON throughout the country that are
interesting reading The great Cambria
iron works at Johnstown, Penn, which
employa $500 persons, has decided to
make its company store" a cooperative
concern. sells 81, 900, 600 a year in
goods. capital will be $500, 600.
Holdings any one person are limited.
Dividends cannot go above ten per cent,
Stockholders have a first claim of six per
cent. Then all purchasers of $40 worth
of goods have three per cent. off; then
the stockholders, if there is still further
profit, may have their dividend raised to
ten per cent. Above ten per cent. all
profit goe1 to customers in a rebate on
purchases.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

The oldest employees in the Postal De-
partment in Washington are James II.
Mari, eighty-one years old, and Inze
Lawrenson, eighty-four. Both were ap-
pointed by Andrew Jackson in 1881.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

A physician, referring to the custom of
travelling on sleeping cars with the berths
made up with their heads towards the
engine, said: 1T is certainly bad for the
brain of the sleeper, as it is not natural,
4 nd it is no wonder that so many trav-
elsrs, especially those who have been on
the road exclusively, experience bad ef-
fects from it"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

Ths Rev. John White, a colored
preacher of Greenwood. Ark, who will
be 1O2 years old in July, has taken out
license to marry Mrs. Edie Smith who is
a giddy girl of sixty-tive summers. The
Rev. John has been preaching eighty zone
years, and has married twice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

A German paper says that extraordi-
nary activity is displayed at the Krupp
Works in Essen, and that new buildings
are required to enable the works to com
plete the orders for guns for the German
Government within the specified time
This is not a sign Of peace by any means.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

Professor Baird says fishes can live to
be $50 years old We don't doubt this
in the least. They are always the largest
fishes too That is the kind that always
breaks away from the hook at the very
last moment, and never is seen again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04

A residence Of one year is required in
the State Of Delaware before a man is
qualified by law to catch shad.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-04
RAIEs oE ADVERTISING.

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Legal advertisements ten cents per line each inf
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Marriage and death notices RrstiG
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advance.
job woFk-eash On delivery.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10
Catching Cold

We are still greatly at sea as regard the
way common colds ale induced, says
Family Doctor" in the Practical Farmer.
They are caused, ] believe, in q great
many more ways than we have any idea of.
The words, catching chill. are to me
entirely devoid Of meaning. II by cold
we mean . congested state Of the mucous
membranes that line the passages through
which we breathe, with discharge of wa
ter therefrom, pain in eyes and nose,
tickling In the throat, tenderness and
rawEess OF chest, with secondary symp
toms in the shape Of general feelings oil
dullness Of mind and body, and aching Of
limbs, then say these symptoms may be
produced in many ways. Direct cold
poured upon the head or face, as in driv.
ing against the wind, may produce them,
so may the breathing OF damp cold air or
even OF fumes from some melting sub
stances, ETC.. that evolve irritating gases.
Here you have your cold produced in q
mechanical way. A cold may be taken
through the feet or through the body, if
either be insuficiently clad or wet: but
this is not caused by the cold striking up
through or in through either, but by caus
ing depression Of the nervous system, and
consequent congestion Of the air passages,
= a - Dat
cold may also be brought about by indi
gestion or arrangement OF the liver, or
temporary weakness of the heart from any
cause. And as for treatment, it seems to
me that the less heroic it is the better.
Extr6 warmth, rest OF the whole system,
the mildest Of apsrients and abstinence in
diet will be found. as rule. efiectua and
safe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10
Agriculture.



At the reccn, meeting Of the " Dairy
mans Association some valuable eyper-
ienc~ we're given. We quote one Of them
Mr., J. X Walker Of Springfield, VI, was
the first speaker called up 10 answer ques.
sions upon bis dairy methods. be being
one Of the prize winners 10 the butter
show At the Bay State fair in Boston last
fall Mr. Walker said be had been ex-
elusively . sbeep man until about ten
years ago. when be went iuto jersey cows.
He sold last year 2225 pounds Of butter,
An average OF 300 10 each mature COW
He is grain farmer. raising large crops
Of corn and oats. aud feeds very little hay.
not 100 pounds per COW for the year.
His feed is straw aud corn fodder, with
corn and csb meal. He feeds in the
morning early one quart cotton seed meal,
followed by straw. Al noon corn fodder
aud straw with three quarts corn and cob
meal. and the same at night Considers
fodder equal TO hay in value. The cotton
seed increases the yield OF butter without
iniuting the quality. Color Of butter
good Does not think Jerseys will color
their butter without reference to feed.
Waters twice daily. with water as 1t comes
from squeduct. but would like it warmer
Uses the Ferguson dreamer, with plenty
Of ice. maintaining temperature OF 81 de-
grces. Keeps the cream in pail in the
closet OF the creamery. Uses Fyler
cbnrn. aud washes the butter in the granu-
lar stage, sailing . half ounce to the
pound. Uses the Read butter worker;
churned yesterday 30 pounds and worked
il all at once. He skins "a TO 40 hours
after setting; sells bis butter every week.
All the feed is fed dry. Raises his
heifers, and sells his cows at seven or eight
years old.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10
laws OF economy.

Keeping apples on shelves is bad prac
tice. A shelf is apt TO be high and tbus
both dryer and warmer than any other
part OF the cellsr. On the floor, especially
OF dry cellars, will be iound the lowest
aud most equsble temperature for fruit
Russell apples or other very long keepers
are best preserved 10 barrels, putting 10
nole that have bruises or other defects.
and only moving when ready for use. APP.
pies 10 barrels should not be rehandled
during the winter. rs they are sure TO
speedily rot thereafter.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE!

] ofor for sale my Dwelling house With ali nee
esssry outbniidinss togsthsr With one 10 three
acres Of land. Also forty acres Of land opposite
the Above property, shieh !. suitable for Hartst
gardening o. farming. u 10 ALEC Va usbis for
buiidng purposes, being near Manchester vii.
lses and within = fss minntss Of churches,
schools, and post oftcs. living stfssm, fur
nssbed from sprines. runs through the property.
Taken sitog ker Il is the n1ost desirable piece
u property ever onsrsed In this vicinity.
For particulars, Ae., address
GEORGE Smith.
Manchester. VI. Oct nth. 1885, 3sif
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10

Sugar beets usy be successfully raised
on any deep. rich and clean soil The
richer the soil The heavier will be the crop.
It will save much labor and give heavier
returns by selecting lands which arc CO.
tirely free from ueeds. ard keeping it 30
BY cultivation. The seed may be sovn
10 drills with suitable machine for the
purpose. fer enough apart to ALLOW the
one-horse euifisa,or 10 pass.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10

The ordinary system OF feeding horses,
says the Stockman, is, to say the least,
q very careless one. There are tons Of
hay wasted and worse than wasted in the
msnger. 1t is so easy TO feed hay that
many throw it to the horse with perfect
recklessness. Good hay isa meritorious
feed, but hay is q very bulky food, and
the danger 10 feeding it to excess is that
too much bulk will be furnished, not that
TOO much ofthe food elements will besup-
piled. We cannot founder horse on hay.
But We can FIJI him with SO much indi-
gestible woody fibre, and because Of the
indigestibiity Of the woody fibre, create
such quantities OF gas in the stomach and
bowels that the effect is positively iDjur
ious.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10

Mr.. Joseph Harris argues, in the Ameri
can Agricultural, that "the plants which
contain comparatively little nitrogen re-
quire y sap Of the suiI, rich. rather than
poor, 10 nitrogen Tufbips contain com
paratively little phesphaies, aud yet solu
BILE phospbst.s are ionpd Of value as n
m anure Of iurbips Wheat aud barley
contain comparatively little nitrogen.
while clover, peas and besns contain u
high proportion Of nitrogen; aud yet it is
a well-kpown fact that to produce good
crop OF wheat or barley. the sap OF the soil
must be richer 10 nitrogen than for clover,
peas and beaus
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10

The bsbit of keeping farm accounts
W II help man TO acquire information
which he can acquire 10 no other way.
He stands on his feet when be knows for
himself what every product be markets
costs him. and therefore IFS real value. be
cause 10 knows whether il pays MIN TO go
on producing Ger ain crop. and what
part Of bis farm is better adapted to ii
than another This, again. leads directly
70 an increased production. for the plain
reason that it proceeds according 10 the
accepted laws OF economy
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10
The Life Insurance
INSTALMENT BOND,

which 10 endorsed by our sblest actuaries, and
issued 40
An Endowment Insurance for any term
from ten to forty-hve years. at lowest
cash rates with guaranteed cash
surrender value. at end OF
each year after the first,
endorsed upon its face.
Ills therefore easy TO see that il sffords the
grandest features OF life insurance, and . safe,
sure and desirable investment for all classes. II
not only natures at specific time or ai pre-
vious death for it's face value and accumulated
surplus. but also guarantees = definite sum In
cash with the surplus any year after the first,
thus afford ng the highest form Of negotiable
security, ss well ~ protection IN the event Of
death. Like depo lie in savings bank, the in.
stsllments paid are returned Al option of the
bond holder, Having guarani eed casb value the
bond may be used 10 obtain loan for any puY-
pose. II is better than United stAtes Govern.
ment Bonds, and ss safe The insured paws 81
he goes, stops with profit, or continues with
greater profit. Nothing fairer than that, and
certainly no SAFER Investment.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-10

Mstrinopy il something like scircua, for
there u esssFsIIy . ringto bold the per
former